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Park House's £105m replacement inpatient hospital becomes operational

The new North View adult mental health inpatient hospital is up and running at the North Manchester General Hospital site

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Digitisation, sustainability and social value: Flashback to the 2024 BBH Awards

Relive the Building Better Healthcare Awards with us!
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Morgan Sindall completes refurbishment of Maternity Assessment Centre at Bradford Royal Infirmary

Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has worked with UK-based construction experts to strip back the MAC to a bare shell before being rebuilt from scratch

Secretary of State pledges to contain NHS agency spend

Understaffed NHS were forced to spend £3 billion on agency staff in 2023. Wes Streeting will perform a consultation to decide how to clamp down on temporary workers that could see trusts banned from using agencies to cover gaps in entry-level positions

TClarke completes M&E works on Scarborough Hospital

Scarborough Hospital is due to open its new A&E department in November 2024

Wernick uses modular construction to add beds to hospital for winter

Peterborough Hospital engaged Wernick to add 20 beds with ensuite facilities in 22 modules

Partnership to trial potential eco-friendly concrete

Decarbonising concrete using Graphene is at the centre of a new partnership between Galliford Try, Graphene@Manchester (part of Manchester University), CEMEX and Northumbrian Water

Considerate Constructors Scheme acquires a Grenfell-inspired programme

CCS, an independent champion for change in construction, has completed the acquisition of the Building a Safer Future (BSF) programme

Work finishes on Interventional Radiology Department at Queen’s Medical Centre

GRAHAM has completed refurbishment and M&E installations for the Interventional Radiology Department at Queen’s Medical Centre

MTX wraps up build of Essex and Suffolk Elective Orthopaedic Centre

The centre has been built on a sloping site by MTX Contracts as the site management team

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Regulatory

Healthcare regulatory agency launches 2024/25 business plan

The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency has launched its new 2024/25 business plan, setting out its core focus of enabling access to healthcare products while ensuring delivery for all who need its services
Infection Control

Addressing water pressure challenges in hospitals

Ross Calder, Director at Dura Pump, discusses the role of modern pump booster technology in addressing the challenges of water pressure in hospitals
Medical Devices

Heat-loss prevention suit reduces hypothermia in neonates by almost a third, study finds

40,000 of Vygon’s Neohelp suits have been supplied across over 150 hospitals and ambulance services as Neonatal transport services across the UK are realising the benefits of this sterile thermal heat regulation suit
Furniture & Fixtures

Specifying doorsets for infection control in healthcare environments

Specialist Door Solutions (SDS) discusses infection control with Alyson Prince, a Built Environment Infection Prevention and Control Consultant Nurse
Digital

Why the NHS needs a transparency revolution after Darzi

Dr Mark Ratnarajah, NHS Paediatrician and UK Managing Director for C2-Ai, discusses why he thinks the NHS needs a transparency revolution after Lord Darzi's review of the NHS
Social Care

Alsico and Care England for menopause support in UK care sector

Alsico and Care England have teamed to drive improvements in menopause support throughout the UK care sector
Sustainability

Darwin Group breaks ground on £91m Royal Bournemouth Hospital building

Part of the New Hospital Programme, Darwin Group has started work on the main construction phase on the Coast Building, a £91m state-of-the-art ward and catering block in Royal Bournemouth Hospital
Mental Health

IHP's hands over £105m mental health facility

IHP has handed over the new state-of-the-art £105m adult mental health inpatient unit, North View in Manchester to Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Trust
Technology

From innovation to application: How healthcare must adopt an AI approach to patient engagement

James Neal from healthcare AI specialist, EBO, talks about how AI is already a mainstream tool in many sectors to automate processes and the learning opportunities it presents as innovation is scaled up across the NHS
Estates & Facilities

NHS Property Services releases climate related financial disclosure report

The report highlights the physical and transitional risks facing NHSPS properties, such as extreme weather events and technological innovations
Patient Experience

Bona launches new resilient flooring colour collection

The new palate, Bona Resilient Solution Colour Collection, was developed in collaboration with a colour psychology expert to improve wellbeing in interior spaces
Design & Build

Plans submitted to turn derelict building into integrated health hub

A disused building in east Kent could be transformed into an all-in-one healthcare centre with a community diagnostic centre managed by East Kent Hospitals University Foundation Trust

Sponsor content

Reinsberg Group acquires majority stake in Brandon Medical

Supporting innovation and growth in UK healthcare systems

Cleancube multi: Guardtech’s container facilities support NHS aseptic pharmacies

Award-winning mobile cleanrooms offer fast, flexible solutions for facility upgrades

Guardtech Group wins fourth award in two months for Cleancube innovation

National Building Construction Awards recognize groundbreaking shipping container facilities

Poole Hospital theatres are now open

Poole Hospital theatres officially opened on Tuesday 18 July. The occasion was marked by a ribbon-cutting ceremony

Artic completes replacement of gas-fired boilers at KAMPT hospital

Artic embarked on a crucial partnership with KAMPT Hospital to address the pressing need for the replacement of ageing gas-fired boilers. Recognising the paramount...

DREAM: Develop, Research, Engineer, Assemble and Manufacture with a Guardtech Cleanrooms modular

The Guardtech Group’s more modest modular specialists are helping applications reach new levels with their affordable yet high-quality systems GUARDTECH CLEANROOMS...

Darwin Group introduces on-demand healthcare infrastructure solutions to support the NHS through winter pressures and beyond

UK’s leading specialist in healthcare construction launches new infrastructure solutions providing clinically approved spaces that can help alleviate patient admission,...

Empowering NHS Trusts and suppliers with flexible procurement solutions from SAF

As the NHS faces increasing pressures from rising patient demand, ageing facilities, limited capital budgets, and staff shortages, innovative approaches are essential to...

Guardtech Group gearing up for Nordics exhibition double at R3 and Tema Renrum

The Suffolk firm will appear with reps from Guardtech Nordic AB at the expos in Norway and Sweden in October and November

Healthcare excellence through technology: the Lunar Society for digital health

NHS transformation leaders call for innovation to drive the fourth industrial revolution

EMS Healthcare will showcase its mobile high-capacity unit at Healthcare Estates 2024

The flexible mobile medical solutions company will be showcasing one of its high-capacity units at Healthcare Estates 2024.

Top ten Flo-Motion doors receive EPD verification for Axis Entrances

Axis Entrances Ltd is delighted to announce its ten most specified Flo-Motion® doors have now been included in the EPD (Environmental Product Declaration) Verification...

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Addressing water pressure challenges in hospitals

Ross Calder, Director at Dura Pump, discusses the role of modern pump booster technology in addressing the challenges of water pressure in hospitals

New NHS England guidance on the application of the Building Safety Act 2022 to hospital sites

Helen Sturdy, National Head of Construction & ProCure23 Framework NHS England, discusses the new NHS England guidance published on the application of the Building Safety Act...

From innovation to application: How healthcare must adopt an AI approach to patient engagement

James Neal from healthcare AI specialist, EBO, talks about how AI is already a mainstream tool in many sectors to automate processes and the learning opportunities it presents...

A view of NHS England’s medical consultant job planning improvement guide: Will it really work?

Phil Bottle, Managing Director of NHS workforce planning specialists SARD, explains how there is a long-standing issue of many NHS Trusts not having an up-to-date view of who...

Company News

Eddisons boosts valuation team with new Healthcare Valuation Director The property group Eddisons has appointed Kate Deakin as Director of its valuation team
Essity appoints UK and Ireland Commercial Director for Professional Hygiene Essity has appointed Olivia Slater as the new Commercial Director for its Professional Hygiene business unit in the UK and Republic of Ireland (ROI)
Egress Software Technologies appoints new CEO Software company Egress Group has appointed Kieran Hughes as its new CEO to deliver end-to-end data services following the Stalis acquisition
Water Hygiene Centre makes two new appointments The Water Hygiene Centre has appointed Andy Clews, as an Authorising Engineer (Water), alongside Marian Baltaru, who is joining its Legionella risk assessment team
SPARK TSL appoints new Sales Director UK-based telecommunications service provider has appointed David Hawkins as its new Sales Director
Francesca McPhail joins Airwave Healthcare as Account Manager Airwave Healthcare has appointed Francesca McPhail, who will help health and care providers achieve more from their media and entertainment systems for people receiving care
Howorth Air Technology appoints head for its new medical technical division Howorth Air Technology has promoted Mike Dunne to head its new medical technical department
Archus appoints Managing Director for its new healthcare analytics platform Archus has appointed Jason Harries as its Managing Director for its new analytics business platform, Archus Insight
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